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Walters Ms. W.683, Single leaf of a battle scene from the Baburnamah

This single leaf of a battle scene comes from an illustrated Bāburnāmah (Memoirs of Babur) executed in Mughal India during
the late tenth century AH / sixteenth CE. The text, written in black nastaʿlīq script, comes from a description of the events
of the year 901 AH / 1495-6 CE. It describes how Sayyidim, Qulī Bābā, and several warriors were unhorsed in battle and how
news of their fate reached Sultan Ḥusayn Mīrzā (d. 911 AH / 1506 CE). The polychrome borders surrounding this page date to
the thirteenth century AH / nineteenth CE.

Date

Late 10th century AH / 16th CE

Origin

India

Form

Leaf

Genre

Historical

Language:

The primary language in this manuscript is Persian.

Support material

Paper

Mounted on pasteboard

Extent

Foliation: Not applicable

Dimensions

24.5 cm wide by 30.0 cm high

Layout

Image: 14.5 cm wide by 24.2 cm wide

Contents:

fols. W.683a - W.683b:

Title: Battle scene from the Baburnamah

Hand note: Two lines written in nastaʿlīq script

Decoration:

fol. W.683a:

Title: A battle scene

Form: Illustration

Text: Baburnama, events of the year 901 AH / 1495-6 CE

Label: This single leaf of a battle scene comes from an illustrated Bāburnāmah (Memoirs of Babur) executed in Mughal India during
the late tenth century AH / sixteenth CE. The text, written in black nastaʿlīq script, comes from a description of the events
of the year 901 AH / 1495-6 CE. It describes how Sayyidim, Qulī Bābā, and several warriors were unhorsed in battle and how
news of their fate reached Sultan Ḥusayn Mīrzā (d. 911 AH / 1506 CE). The polychrome borders surrounding this page date to
the thirteenth century AH / nineteenth CE.

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